Dry Mountain LLC

Dry Mountain LLC, a minority-owned and Hispanic American-owned small disadvantaged business based in Salem, Oregon, supplies Type 2, 20-person wildland firefighter crews for fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor under small-business set-asides. The company operates as a sole proprietorship limited liability company and competes exclusively on Forest Service delivery orders placed against a single indefinite-delivery contract (IDC) with a $500,000 ceiling established by the National Interagency Fire Center in May 2024 under total small business set-aside authority.

Dry Mountain's customer footprint is entirely within the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service across four regional commands. The Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) dominates the award count and dollar concentration, accounting for 4 awards totaling $740 thousand combined potential value, with task orders issued for crew deployments in Prineville and Roseburg, Oregon. The National Interagency Fire Center anchors the next layer at 1 award for $500 thousand (the parent IDC itself), followed by Region 5 (Pacific Southwest) at 1 award for $111 thousand and Region 3 (Southwestern) at 1 award for $97 thousand. Six of the seven total awards in the portfolio are delivery orders placed under the single National Type 2 Firefighter Crews IDC; representative work includes a $231,519 delivery order from Region 6 issued July 22, 2026, for crew suppression operations through July 1, 2027, a $258,990 order from Region 6 issued August 5, 2024, and a $96,792 order from Region 3 issued August 16, 2025, with performance locations spanning Oregon, Arizona, and California. All delivery orders carry firm fixed price, 20-person crew intensity, and ultimate completion dates concentrated in May 2026 or later.

Activity has remained sparse — five awards in 2024, one in 2025, one in 2026 — and one award (combined potential value $232 thousand) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating a recompete cliff for the parent IDC as it approaches the May 2026 renewal window. Dry Mountain operates as a pure prime contractor on all work; no subcontract activity appears in the portfolio. The company's capability footprint is narrowly defined to forestry support activities (NAICS 115310) and natural resources conservation fire suppression (PSC code), with all work performed directly in support of regional Forest Service wildfire operations under small business set-aside protection.